Published by Howard H Smith
The Metal comedy podcast from Motörcast (@officialmotorhead) host, @acidreignuk frontman & stand-up comedian Howard 'H' Smith. You get opinions, revealing interviews & lots of laughs!🤘
Listen on Apple PodcastsFree Money Click Here You may know Wes from such movies as The Damned - Don't You Wish That We Were Dead or the biopic simply called Lemmy. Well he has a new documentary out called Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer and was kind enough to not only let me see it ahead of general digital release but spared me some time to talk all about it. As always there is a look at the latest rock news with a new impression emerging. This Is Knee Bollocks.
Patreon Gold I meet up with my old mate John in the bowels of Wembley Arena and take a stroll down memory lane to try and make sense of how they ended up here! As always the news is the news and it's always news when Dave's involved. This Is Me And James Bollocks. Mastodon Movie
Patreon Gateway I welcome James to the show to talk all things Metal, all things Mental Health and Metal Mental Health. James's story is a fascinating one and well worth listening for all you budding book writers out there as well as any of you who are/have/no someone into metal who is struggling. There is also a run through the news with old favourites making repeat appearances and Aaron Lewis. This Is Wellness Bollocks. James's Website Video Interview
Patreon Offers This is one of the most enjoyable chats I have had in a long time. Matt returns to the show for the first time in 8 years just ahead of their first European and UK headline tour in years. Prepare for lots of chat about thrash, metal, hardcore and music of all types as we have a proper natter! The news takes an unexpected turn, a bit like real life. This Is Descendents Bollocks. Video Interview Shai Hulud Tour Dates Scott Burns Interview
Acid Reign Insider Programme In another Daze Of The Week special Dan and I talk all about the new Acid Reign album cover art from concept to realisation, complete with a few detours along the way. This Is Script For A Jesters Fear Bollocks. Video
Patreon Offers I review 19 movies: Wrecking Crew, Hellfire, Redux Redux, War Machine, Saipan, Giant, Dead Man's Wire, Ready Or Not 2 Here I Come, Mercy, The Trail, Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, Ballad Of A Small Player, Avatar Fire and Bollocks, Influencers, Send Help, Crime 101, Project Hail Mary, Thrash, and Americana. I also review 4 TV series:Steal, Evil, A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms and Man On Fire. This Is May Movie Bollocks.
Patreon Goodies My good friend Steven Ivy asks all the right questions and I try to give some right answers the writing, recording and releasing of the first Acid Reign album for nearly seven years. This Is Old Head Bollocks Video Interview
Amazing Patreon Content We get stuck into new releases from: Cryptic Shift, Corrosion Of Conformity, Metal Church, Eradikated, Sylosis, Nervosa & Sepultura. Have it! Old Head YouTube
Patreon Sign Up I get to have a chat with Elvin from Swedish thrashers Eradikated. They first came to my attention with their debut album Desendents which I liked and now they have blown that out the water with the epic Wiring Of Violence. We talk all about their history which began way before Eradikated even came into existence and how exactly they came to be nominated for a Swedish Grammy! There is also a news section that includes several gifts that keep on giving. This Is Pyjama Bollocks. Video Interview Eradikated Listen & Preorder Acid Reign Album Release Party
Patreon Good Stuff Let me explain. First up my good friend and fellow stand up comic and metal geek Brandon returns to the show who you may know from his excellent podcast Disturbing The Priest. We get into all sorts of metal chat as he was preparing for a bay area special when we recorded this, we also chat about comedy, roasts and Pink Floyd. That is followed by my chat with Pet Shop Boys fan Colin whilst he was queueing to see them at The Electric Ballroom. Why did I do this? Why is it on a metal podcast? Because you have more in common with Colin than you would ever think. I finish with a very short news section. This Is Autism Thrash Bollocks. Brandon Video Interview Disturbing The Priest Podcast
Patreon Gateway One Saturday morning I went down to visit Chloe & Ben who run Raven Records in Camden a haven for metalhead's, music lovers and coffee fanatics alike. After a geek out around the shop and some great coffee I got to sit down and chat all about what made them risk everything and open London's premier heavy metal record store & coffee shop. This Is Concept Cafes Bollocks. Full Video Concept Cafes Raven Records
Patreon Free Membership Let the madness begin it's my old touring mate Jason from D.A.M. We chat about their newly released compilation Inside The Wreckage (copies to be won listen to learn how), what the bands plans are, if any and we chat about both of our careers and how they have developed over the years. There is also a news section which turns out to be the gift that keeps on giving. This Is Speed Awareness Bollocks. Video Interview Acid Reign Pre-Release
Exclusive Patreon Offers My Yorkshire brethren are on the show after they finally release their opus Overspace & Supertime. There is so much to talk about, signing to Metal Blade, the UK scene, old school shows and pits we have a right old chat. As always there is a news section featuring Gene Simmons, it's starting to become a thing. This Is Cakehole Bollocks. Video Interview Devin Video
Patreon Goodies The legendary DJ Will is on the show! A stalwart of the LA thrash scene he was there at the very beginning and we get into it all. The very beginnings of thrash, tape trading and his time as A&R at Metal Blade & Capitol Records. The news is here in all it's blocked nose glory with both KI$$ and Metallica getting a look in. This Is Cold Lake Bollocks. Video Interview Bastardane
Free Patreon Subscription We're back and review Megadeth, Stabbing and Howard goes through his top five of 2025 plus all the usual music chat. This Is Old Bollocks. Video
Patreon Free Membership First released in December 2020 as part of SepulQuarta but recorded much earlier in the midst of lockdown I chat to Andreas all about Quadra. How did the album come together, the aborted world tour, family, mental health, music and more over the course of 90 minutes. This Is Flashback Bollocks.
Patreon Offers I got through a lot of movies over Xmas so here are reviews for twenty two films and nine TV shows. Movies: Soft And Quiet, Predator Badlands, Wake Up Dead Man, She Rides Shotgun, Nurenberg, Bugonia, Fackham Hall, Death Of A Unicorn, Relay, Sisu: Road To Revenge, Troll 2, Black Bag, It's What's Inside, Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror, Now You See Me Now You Don't, The Running Man, Truth & Treason, The Gorge, Bring Here Back, Sovereign, Predators, The Rip. TV: Talamasca: The Secret Order, Landman, Season 2, Gen V Season 2, Death Cap - The Mushroom Murders, Is It Cake?, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, The Magic Prank Show with Justin Willman, Magic For Humans, Justin Willman - Magic Lover. This Is Movie Bollocks.
Patreon Offers Jayce is back! He takes time out from his busy schedule to have a chat. We cover a multitude of subjects from digital verses analogue recording, his time working with Queen and Rammstein, hanging with thrash legends and Joe Calzaghe! We even mention the upcoming Acid Reign album he's working on. In the news, with a new album out we inevitably have Dave Mustaine and Metallica with wives/managers Sharon Osborne & Wendy Dio doing their thing. This Is Tom Araya Bollocks. Video Interview
Join Patreon For Free In 2026 This will always be my favourite interview no matter who I get the chance to speak with in the coming years. This is my chat with Franky De Smet Van Damme singer with Belgian metal gods Channel Zero and the story of a letter received by us both 21 years previously. This Is Flashback Bollocks.
Patreon Xmas Offer It's time to get my old mate Marc on the show to see what's been going on since he left AR almost exactly a year ago. We chat all things Venom Inc, South America, new music and some of the more painful commitments that touring brings. As always the news is picked through with an even stranger skew on it than usual as it is dominated by Gene Simmons. This Is Geordie Bollocks. Video interview